I leave Friday for a 1300 mile drive up to Gillette, Wyoming from Dallas, Texas, to hunt pronghorn antelope with my son.
I'm hoping to hunt cow elk NE of Durango, Colorado, in 2005 or soon thereafter, and this would be a 1000 mile drive for me. For the last two years, and I plan to do the same this year, I drive 250 miles up to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to hunt deer the week of Thanksgiving.
I was looking over a game lease two weekends ago that would be 170 miles, approximately, from my home. I would like something closer, but frankly don't think there is good hunting that is closer and also affordable. I could drive to this lease for some afternoon dove hunting or on a Friday afternoon for a weekend of deer, hawg, or turkey hunting.